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Topic Review (Newest First)

03-28-2013 03:50 AM

johnson18

Wow! I just read this whole thread! So amazing, so many awesome plants! I think I've been inspired!

02-23-2013 08:19 PM

iter

This was probably answered already, but how many bulbs do you use on your racks (for each pair of humidity domes or 10 gallon tanks)?

Also, I see that your glass bottom in the 40 breeder is relatively clean, does the clay pots you use have solid bottoms (no holes for drainage, etc.) to prevent the AS Malay from escaping?

01-25-2013 07:08 PM

n00dl3

I see that you're going emersed UG and mosses on sphagnum. How often do you fertilize them?

06-24-2012 05:37 AM

chad320

Quote:

Originally Posted by lbacha

My first Lagenandra (thwaitsii) to bloom.

Len

Nice job on the Piptos and Lags I have this one and im wondering if you ever got a nice shot of the inflouresence? I have it submerged with an insane amount of Co2 and its growing good but my piece was just a baby

Nice article I visit that site a lot but hadn't seen that article before,

By the way as for spathes my Bakoa lucens spathe still hasnt opened it has been 3 weeks now, my bucephalandra never make it that long. My Aglaonema simplex on the other hand has thrown 2 more spathes out.

Looks like we are all nuts!
Years ago, whe we had over 2000 gallons of fish tanks in the basement, we had thes things bloom and fruit up in the house. We ran two dehumidifiers but the humidity was still very high.
Then we found mold on the exterior walls behind cabinets, etc. during a cold January. Water was dripping from our electrical conduits. Yikes! We did get the problem solved, but it was a nightmare. Everything was blooming -Anthurium, rare Dracaenas, Arisaemas, Amorphophallus and the list goes on.
Do we get more sensible as we mature. My wife says that is not the case with men.
Nice Musas!! Bill

06-10-2012 09:07 PM

lbacha

Quote:

Originally Posted by looking4roselines

Doesn't that blood banana get over 6-7 ft tall?

Xue

Yes it does, it will probably stay a little shorter since I'm growing it indoors though.

Len

06-10-2012 08:25 PM

looking4roselines

Doesn't that blood banana get over 6-7 ft tall?

Xue

06-10-2012 08:09 PM

lbacha

Check out my dwarf banana, this is as big as it gets. I like the tropical Asian look it adds to my apartment
Here is my Blood banana plant - musa zebrina sumantrana it gets 5-7' tall and I plan on putting it behind my terrarium once it gets bigger.

Len

06-09-2012 10:25 PM

lbacha

Quote:

Originally Posted by looking4roselines

I noticed the results of your setup and stole your idea. I started my own setup a few weeks ago when i had some schismattoglottis that had no where to go. Results are very satisfying given that they received absolutely no attention. They're planted in aqua soil and I do not mist or dose. There are only moist sphagnum moss to maintain some humidity

No problem, it is so simple it's crazy, I have some smaller ones with crypts in them and they are doing better than my glass tank emersed setups, I got the idea from the zapin's style but I didn't see why you needed trays withing the container.

Len

06-09-2012 08:57 PM

looking4roselines

Quote:

Originally Posted by lbacha

Some of the simplest setups produce the best results, this just has about 1"-1.5" of topsoil in the bottom and nothing else, I mist it every few weeks and add osmocote capsules every couple months the plants grow like weeds in here and all I have is a couple cfl bulbs over it. I'll be posting a FS add sometime this upcoming week from it

I noticed the results of your setup and stole your idea. I started my own setup a few weeks ago when i had some schismattoglottis that had no where to go. Results are very satisfying given that they received absolutely no attention. They're planted in aqua soil and I do not mist or dose. There are only moist sphagnum moss to maintain some humidity

Some of the simplest setups produce the best results, this just has about 1"-1.5" of topsoil in the bottom and nothing else, I mist it every few weeks and add osmocote capsules every couple months the plants grow like weeds in here and all I have is a couple cfl bulbs over it. I'll be posting a FS add sometime this upcoming week from it